One Utah legislative race effectively ended at Saturday’s Utah Republican Party conventions, and it shifted our 2026 Legislative Race Ratings.
4 days - Utah State Republican and Democratic State Party nominating conventions (4/25/2026)
63 days - Utah's 2026 primary election (6/23/2026)
196 days - 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026)
931 days - 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028)
One Utah House race, which we had flagged as potentially competitive, is off the board.
Subscribers can see the updated ratings, full explanation, and district-by-district breakdown at the link below.
We are updating Utah House District 36 from Lean Republican to Safe Republican.
Rep. Jim Dunnigan, the Republican nominee in HD36, is unopposed in November. He had already qualified for the primary election through signature gathering but won the GOP nomination outright at the Salt Lake County Republican convention on Saturday. The Democrat who filed dropped out, and Salt Lake County Democrats did not field a replacement.
HD36 covers parts of Taylorsville and West Jordan in Salt Lake County. Its Utah Competitiveness Index score is D+5.0—about five points more Democratic than the state baseline—so a contested race would normally be worth watching. But an uncontested Republican takes it off the board.
We will keep updating ratings as filings, primary results and campaign developments warrant.
